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licentiate

noun as in graduate

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He was ordained in 1982, and earned a licentiate in sacred theology in 1987 and a doctorate in theology in 1991, both from Catholic University.

Education Epsom College; Guy's hospital and University of Southampton; PhD Disability and equality: a new approach; MSc rehabilitation studies; licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons. 2012-present: chief executive, Capita Personal Independence Payments covering Wales, West and East Midlands, and Northern Ireland; 2009-12: various director-level positions, Serco, welfare to work, and other public sector markets; 1989-2009: founder and director, Disability Matters global consultancy.

Still more significant is the case, in 1484, of Jean Laillier, a priest in Paris, a theological licentiate, and an applicant for the doctorate in theology.

In a document of 1423 the person filling this position is not a Dominican, but is qualified as a licentiate in law; and doubtless such a functionary was a useful and usual member of the tribunal, though with no precise official status.

In 1824 he joined the philosophical faculty of Berlin as a Privatdozent, and in 1825 he became a licentiate in theology, his theses being remarkable for their evangelical fervour and for their emphatic protest against every form of “rationalism,” especially in questions of Old Testament criticism.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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